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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)

A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

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Bright Futures Early Reading First: Year three summary evaluation report
Caverly, Sarah L., September 30, 2010
Austin, TX: SEDL.

An evaluation of the Bright Futures Early Reading First project, which provides professional support to teachers implementing early literacy curricula in Madison Parish, Louisiana, that examined children's literacy outcomes, professional development and classroom quality, and parent involvement

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The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States
Brandon, Peter D., 2004
International Migration, 42(2), 65-87

A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families

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Child care in the American South: Poverty, costs, and quality
Collins, Vikki K., Spring 2012
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 14(1)

A study of the relationship between the use of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in southern states and family poverty, child care costs, and a variety of related socioeconomic variables, based on data from the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010, for 14 southern states

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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states

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Evaluation of the Starting Points Preschool Program: A follow-up study (children of program years 1997-98 through 1999-2000)
Louisiana. Department of Education, 2001
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Dept. of Education.

A follow-up study evaluating the effects of Louisiana's Starting Points Preschool Program on children who were enrolled during the 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-2000 program years

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From planning to practice: State efforts to improve early childhood education
National Association of State Boards of Education, 2005
Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Boards of Education.

A description of six states' efforts to improve young children's school readiness by replanning their early childhood education programs

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LA 4 cohort 8 (2009-2010) annual report: Participant demographics and performance & program performance
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, February, 2011
Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning.

An examination of classroom quality, participant characteristics, and changes in participant test scores during the 2009-2010 program year of LA 4, a publicly-funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on pre- and posttest assessments from 13,388 children and observations of 91 classrooms

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LA 4 prekindergarten evaluation: 2005-06 SWOT results (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, March 2007
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of the strengths and opportunities of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2005-2006 school year, based on a survey of more than 700 teachers and program administrators

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LA 4 prekindergarten evaluation 2006-2007 SWOT results (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, December 2007
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of the strengths and opportunities of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2006-2007 school year, based on a survey of 471 teachers and 282 program administrators

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LA 4 prekindergarten program evaluation: 2002-2003
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2008-2009 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 3,711 children

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LA 4 prekindergarten program evaluation: Pilot year January - June 2002
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the pilot year in 2002 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 1,709 children in 94 classrooms

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LA 4 & Starting Points prekindergarten program evaluation: 2003-2004
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2003-2004 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 4,767 children who attended the program

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LA 4 & Starting Points prekindergarten program evaluation: 2004-2005
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2004-2005 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 4,665 children who attended the program

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LA 4 & Starting Points prekindergarten program evaluation 2006-2007: Full report
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, December, 2007
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, with a focus on program strengths and opportunities during the 2006-2007 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 8,557 children

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LA 4 & Starting Points prekindergarten program evaluation: 2007-2008 full report
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2007-2008 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 9,787 children and quality observation of 96 randomly selected classrooms

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LA 4 & Starting Points preschool program evaluation: 2005-2006 full report
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2005-2006 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 7,898 children and quality observation of randomly selected classrooms

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LA 4 & Starting Points preschool program evaluation: 2008-2009 full report
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Department of Education.

An evaluation of LA 4, a publicly funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-old children, during the 2008-2009 school year, based on pretest and posttest assessments of 12,629 children and quality observation of 111 randomly selected classrooms

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Louisiana's early childhood comprehensive system: A HRSA-MCHB grant initiative: Progress report
BrightStart, July 2009
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program.

An account of the influence of Louisiana's BrightStart initiative--the state's program to coordinate efforts to ensure that children enter school healthy and ready to learn--on children's development, families' well-being, and the quality improvement of early childhood education and care in the first six months of 2009

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Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development 2010-2011
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning.

An examination of changes in participant test scores and in classroom quality during the 2010-2011 program year of Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development, a publicly-funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on pre- and posttest assessments from 1,035 children and observations of 70 classrooms

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Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development: Annual report 2009-2010
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning,
Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning.

An examination of changes in participant test scores and in classroom quality during the 2009-2010 program year of Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development, a publicly-funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on pre- and posttest assessments from 1,032 children and observations of 77 classrooms

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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
Smith, Linda K., June, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies

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Regional child care trends: Comparing Georgia to its neighbors
Waits, Lauren, 2001
Atlanta: Georgia State University, Health Policy Center.

A study of Georgia’s child care system and its performance as it compares with the child care systems of neighboring states, especially the extent to which Georgia supports vulnerable children and their families’ ability to procure high quality child care

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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

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Status report on state implementation efforts: Southern regional action plan to improve the quality of early care and education
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A survey of actions taken by southern states to implement a regional action plan to improve child care and early education quality

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